Rediscovery of Taeniophyllum scaberulum Hook.f., an endemic orchid from Periyar Tiger Reserve, Kerala, India

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Published: 30.06.1997
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.1997.07.01.08
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Endemic, orchidaceae

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K. P. Rajesh
Non - Wood Forests Products Division, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi 680 653, Kerala India
Jomy Augustine
Non - Wood Forests Products Division, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi 680 653, Kerala India
N. Sasidharan
Non - Wood Forests Products Division, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi 680 653, Kerala India

Abstract

Taeniophyllum scaberulum Hook. f. (Orchidaceae) first collected in 1854 from 'Travancore', had so far not been located and was considered extinct Now the species is collected after a gap of 140 years from the Periyar Tiger Reserve, Kerala.

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Vol. 7 No. 1 (1997): Rheedea

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Rajesh, K. P., Augustine, J., & Sasidharan, N. (1997). Rediscovery of Taeniophyllum scaberulum Hook.f., an endemic orchid from Periyar Tiger Reserve, Kerala, India. Rheedea, 7(1), 43-46. https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.1997.07.01.08

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